Hundreds of Ukrainian right-wingers were rallying in Kiev on Tuesday to protest against government policies in the wake of a deadly stand-off between radical nationalists and police in the country’s west. The radical Right Sector group was one of the most militant factions in the massive protests in Ukraine’s capital that prompted...

Putting U.S. air controllers with Iraqi forces closer to combat areas so they can identify and direct bombing would improve airstrikes on Islamic State rebel targets and should be “seriously considered,” a top U.S. general told lawmakers on Tuesday. Gen. Mark Milley, nominee for the next Army chief of staff, also told his Senate confirmation […]...

MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia on Tuesday announced that the trial of Ukranian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, whose politically charged case has become emblematic of bitter tensions between Kiev and Moscow, will begin later this month.The trial of the 34-year-old helicopter navigator and Ukrainian lawmaker, who faces up to 25 years in prison for her...

Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists have reached a preliminary agreement to extend a pull-back of weapons in east Ukraine. The agreement was reached at a meeting of contact group in Minsk, involving Ukraine, Russia and the separatists under the auspices of Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Under the agreement tanks and smaller...

People in Donetsk, an industrial city of more than 1 million in peace time, are trying to make the most of the five-month-old ceasefire.Eyeing Russia, US leads fresh military drills in UkraineResidents of Donetsk live in fearA year after MH17 downed, families want justiceMerkel, Hollande urge Ukraine leader to give rebels self-rule …read...

Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists have reached a preliminary agreement to extend a pull-back of weapons in east Ukraine to include tanks and smaller weapons systems, the chairman of the OSCE security watchdog, Ivica Dacic, said on Tuesday. …read more Source: Channel...

A Ukrainian filmmaker who has been in jail for more than a year on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit terrorism. Critics have dismissed Oleg Sentsov’s prosecution… …read more Source: The...

MINSK (Reuters) – Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists have reached a preliminary agreement to extend a pull-back of weapons in east Ukraine to include tanks and smaller weapons systems, the chairman of the OSCE security watchdog, Ivica Dacic, said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...

Dutch flowers represent a sanitary “threat” to Russia and could be banned in the country, its agricultural watchdog said on Tuesday, as Moscow’s relations with The Hague have reached their nadir. The watchdog said in a statement that a ban on flower deliveries from the Netherlands — a country that prides itself on its...